This find was a good candidate for our current makeover since the piece was practically destroyed in the move to North Carolina. (Grrrr…UHaul….) We loved the paint color we chose back in NYC, so we decided to stick with it. So after removing the surviving shreds of paintable wallpaper and the damaged front panels, we gave the piece a light sand and two coats of Behr’s Studio Taupe.

Missing the original drawer panels gave us the perfect opportunity to use one of our favorite ways to customize furniture – Paintable panels from My Overlays. Gwyneth and I used the Gigi Square Overlays on the end of our Expedit Bookcase (as seen here in our NYC apartment and here in our NC home for our recent readers), and for this project our kind friends at My Overlays sent us the Fiona pattern to work with!

The overlays look great when applied right out of the box (check out My Overlays’ project gallery for several beautiful applications), but they can also be painted! And that’s just what we did to ours, using the same Studio Taupe from Behr.

Once the overlays were dry, we measured, measured again, marked and then trimmed the overlays to fit inside the frame of our cabinets’ drawers. (Please don’t be intimidated by our power tools).

After popping the overlays inside the front drawer panels, our DIY was complete!

A big thanks to My Overlays for making our home office more organized and for helping us turn one of our favorite dumpster dive finds from trash to treasure (again).

xoxo,

mk & Gwynnie

Update: The gals from My Overlays were generous enough to give us a discount code to share with y’all! Get 15% off your order with promo code NEWYORKIE15! Start shopping here!

Long time reader…first time commenter here Wow! I love this and love your style over all- I’m really enjoying watching you start fresh in a new space! I’m also from NC (Cary) but live in Charleston, SC now so I love seeing your little updates & instagrams that remind me of home!!

Hi Morgan! Thank you so much for reading and for commenting! So great to hear from you, and you are too sweet! Love hearing from fellow North Carolinians! Thank you again – we’re so thrilled to have you following our Southern adventures! (and all our silly Instagrams!)